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Andre wrote:
> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
> 
> Best regards,
> andre
> 
> 

Just my opinion-I don't like flash web sites. I hate web sites that
force music on me. I never made it to the photos.

HTH,

Russell

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:

> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
> 
>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
> 
> Best regards,
> andre

Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. Yes, I 
have DSL.

Andre wrote:
> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
> 
> Best regards,
> andre
> 
> 
Why the music?

Andre wrote:

> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl 
> 
>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.

I got tired of looking at the "loading" animation, and left the site
without viewing anything.  Thus, I rate its usefulness 0.


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Website is a total loss

-- 
Walter
www.rationality.net
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"Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
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>I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>
> Best regards,
> andre
>
>
> -- 
> Andre Bijkerk
> www.andrebijkerk.nl 

"Paul Cassel" <pcasselremove2@comremovecast.net> schreef in bericht 
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> Andre wrote:
>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> andre
>>
>>
> Why the music?

-- 
Well, that was a try-out, was already intends to get the music off, that has 
now been done


Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

"Russell D." <rmd@sfcn.org> schreef in bericht 
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> Andre wrote:
>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> andre
>>
>>
>
> Just my opinion-I don't like flash web sites. I hate web sites that
> force music on me. I never made it to the photos.
>
> HTH,
>
> Russell

-- 
The music is off
I like flash web sites, and indeed that is very subjective


Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

"ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
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> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>
>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>
>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> andre
>
> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. Yes, I
> have DSL.
-- 
I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes by 
me. How long by you?


Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

> -
> "Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
> news:2d014$48ced01b$5ed1f0ad$28554@cache2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> andre
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Andre Bijkerk
>> www.andrebijkerk.nl
>
>

-- 

"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> schreef in bericht 
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> Website is a total loss
>
> -- 
> Walter
> www.rationality.net

Can you give me a detailed explanation, if you would be so kind;

Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

Andre wrote:

> 
> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>
>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>
>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> andre
>>
>> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. Yes, I
>> have DSL.

> I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes
> by me. How long by you?

That aside, what about the 50% of users who do not have broadband?  Why do
you wish to exclude them?


-- 
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:09 +0200, "Andre"
<andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote:

>> Website is a total loss
>>
>> -- 
>> Walter
>> www.rationality.net
>
>Can you give me a detailed explanation, if you would be so kind;

I don't agree with Walter, and don't see what his objection might be.
It's not the best design for navigation because there are no clear
instructions about going from the splash page to the photographs.  I
sat there for a few minutes (seconds, really) before I noticed that I
have to click "Portfolio" to see the photographs.  I suggest you move
that link to the main text area so the viewer knows he has to click.

You have that mouse-over effect that shows the shooting information,
but the headline is "would this enjoy?" on the mushroom image.  That's
not idiomatic English and doesn't make sense at all.  I suppose your
intent is to say "Do you enjoy this?", but I suggest you just strip
that out.  No matter how you word it, it doesn't add anything.

The photographs are good, but a bit too color saturated to me.  That's
a personal view, though, and others may disagree.
-- 
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

About 5 or ten seconds - then I became impatient and gave up.

"Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
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>
> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>
>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>
>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> andre
>>
>> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. Yes, 
>> I
>> have DSL.
> -- 
> I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes by 
> me. How long by you?
>
>
> Andre Bijkerk
> www.andrebijkerk.nl
I have cable.

45 seconds to get to the spinning wait circle and another 15 to get to the 
front page.

That's too long.

And I hate flash sites if that matters...

-Jim 

"jimkramer" <Newsreader1@NOFSPAMjlkramer.net> schreef in bericht 
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> "Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
> news:a75eb$48cfd10d$5ed1f0ad$19471@cache2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>
>> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
>> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>>
>>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>>
>>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> andre
>>>
>>> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. Yes, 
>>> I
>>> have DSL.
>> -- 
>> I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes 
>> by me. How long by you?
>>
>>
>> Andre Bijkerk
>> www.andrebijkerk.nl
> I have cable.
>
> 45 seconds to get to the spinning wait circle and another 15 to get to the 
> front page.
>
> That's too long.
>
> And I hate flash sites if that matters...
>
> -Jim
>
It don't matters, its your opinion. But I have cable to and Ihave the site 
within 4-5 seconds

Andr�
-- 
Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

"Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
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>
> "jimkramer" <Newsreader1@NOFSPAMjlkramer.net> schreef in bericht 
> news:gap2ic$7tm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> "Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
>> news:a75eb$48cfd10d$5ed1f0ad$19471@cache2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>>
>>> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
>>> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>>>
>>>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> andre
>>>>
>>>> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. 
>>>> Yes, I
>>>> have DSL.
>>> -- 
>>> I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes 
>>> by me. How long by you?
>>>
>>>
>>> Andre Bijkerk
>>> www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I have cable.
>>
>> 45 seconds to get to the spinning wait circle and another 15 to get to 
>> the front page.
>>
>> That's too long.
>>
>> And I hate flash sites if that matters...
>>
>> -Jim
>>
> It don't matters, its your opinion. But I have cable to and Ihave the site 
> within 4-5 seconds
>

Loads 4/5 seconds here but 4/5 seconds is still too long.  In this day and 
age loading should be more or less instant.  Also, the Flash design is too 
much.  If I want to look at photos I do not want to see thumbnails and 
pictures whizzing all over the place and the EXIF datas popping up over the 
main picture every time I accidentally move the mouse over it.  If you must 
show EXIF data put it at the side or underneath.  Not the best site design 
but it does have one redeeming feature....

No bloody music.  Hurrah.

MC 

I clicked. A brief pause.... "you need to update your flash player."  I 
don't need flash to view photographs. I closed the browser. End.


"Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Andre wrote:
>
>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>
>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>
> I got tired of looking at the "loading" animation, and left the site
> without viewing anything.  Thus, I rate its usefulness 0.
>
>
> -- 
> Blinky
> Killing all posts from Google Groups
> The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
> Need a new news feed?  http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html
> 

"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:09 +0200, "Andre"
> <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
>
>>> Website is a total loss
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Walter
>>> www.rationality.net
>>
>>Can you give me a detailed explanation, if you would be so kind;
>
> I don't agree with Walter, and don't see what his objection might be.
> It's not the best design for navigation because there are no clear
> instructions about going from the splash page to the photographs.  I
> sat there for a few minutes (seconds, really) before I noticed that I
> have to click "Portfolio" to see the photographs.  I suggest you move
> that link to the main text area so the viewer knows he has to click.
>
> You have that mouse-over effect that shows the shooting information,
> but the headline is "would this enjoy?" on the mushroom image.  That's
> not idiomatic English and doesn't make sense at all.  I suppose your
> intent is to say "Do you enjoy this?", but I suggest you just strip
> that out.  No matter how you word it, it doesn't add anything.
>
> The photographs are good, but a bit too color saturated to me.  That's
> a personal view, though, and others may disagree.
> -- 
> Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

*************

I liked the photos.  Yes, they're a bit over saturated.  But as someone who 
tends to do that himself, I don't mind.  But the website itself ... it just 
isn't good.  The navigation is horrible.  And it looks amateur and even 
somewhat ugly.  The photos are good.  They would look even better if posted 
on an attractive site.  Just my opinion.

aglet 

"Wandering" <amore.dei@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>I clicked. A brief pause.... "you need to update your flash player."  I 
>don't need flash to view photographs. I closed the browser. End.
>



Your point should be well taken.

Any website must be easy to use, especially navigate and not require any 
special downloads. It should allow the user to quickly see the business 
purpose.

e.go. I consider the B&HE website very well designed.
Here is another, (not photographic and designed by a marketing expert,) even 
though some screens have sound.

http://www.wawa.com/WawaWeb/

The poor ones are all to easy to find.


-- 
Peter 

"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> schreef in bericht 
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> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:09 +0200, "Andre"
> <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
>
>>> Website is a total loss
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Walter
>>> www.rationality.net
>>
>>Can you give me a detailed explanation, if you would be so kind;
>
> I don't agree with Walter, and don't see what his objection might be.
> It's not the best design for navigation because there are no clear
> instructions about going from the splash page to the photographs.  I
> sat there for a few minutes (seconds, really) before I noticed that I
> have to click "Portfolio" to see the photographs.  I suggest you move
> that link to the main text area so the viewer knows he has to click.
>
> You have that mouse-over effect that shows the shooting information,
> but the headline is "would this enjoy?" on the mushroom image.  That's
> not idiomatic English and doesn't make sense at all.  I suppose your
> intent is to say "Do you enjoy this?", but I suggest you just strip
> that out.  No matter how you word it, it doesn't add anything.
>
> The photographs are good, but a bit too color saturated to me.  That's
> a personal view, though, and others may disagree.
> -- 
> Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida


Thanks mr.Cooper

 I have something changed on the site, it is now hopefully more manageable
-- 
Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:13:06 +0200, "Andre"
<andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote:

>
>"jimkramer" <Newsreader1@NOFSPAMjlkramer.net> schreef in bericht 
>news:gap2ic$7tm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> "Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
>> news:a75eb$48cfd10d$5ed1f0ad$19471@cache2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>>
>>> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
>>> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>>>
>>>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> andre
>>>>
>>>> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. Yes, 
>>>> I
>>>> have DSL.
>>> -- 
>>> I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes 
>>> by me. How long by you?
>>>
>>>
>>> Andre Bijkerk
>>> www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I have cable.
>>
>> 45 seconds to get to the spinning wait circle and another 15 to get to the 
>> front page.
>>
>> That's too long.
>>
>> And I hate flash sites if that matters...
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>It don't matters, its your opinion. But I have cable to and Ihave the site 
>within 4-5 seconds

I have cable, and it's about 10 seconds to the splash page for me.
The portfolio part loads quicker, but there's a delay to figure out
where to click the first time you use it.

I'm not as impatient as others, and will click on a link and then
alt-tab back to read more newsgroup message if there's a delay.  If
you want to please everyone, you have make it load faster.  There's
the question, however, if you want to sacrifice what you like to let
strangers in.  


-- 
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

Andre wrote:
> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
> 
> Best regards,
> andre
> 
>

When I click on "Go to the Photographs" Firefox won't open it because it
acts like a pop-up. I shouldn't have to allow a pop-up to look at pictures.


Just my $.02,

Russell

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:35:27 -0600, "Russell D." <rmd@sfcn.org> wrote:

>Andre wrote:
>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> andre
>> 
>>
>
>When I click on "Go to the Photographs" Firefox won't open it because it
>acts like a pop-up. I shouldn't have to allow a pop-up to look at pictures.
>
>
>Just my $.02,
>
Weird.  I use Firefox, and I have "block pop-ups" checked in
Tools>Options>Content, but the site loads for me.  
-- 
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> schreef in bericht 
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> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:35:27 -0600, "Russell D." <rmd@sfcn.org> wrote:
>
>>Andre wrote:
>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> andre
>>>
>>>
>>
>>When I click on "Go to the Photographs" Firefox won't open it because it
>>acts like a pop-up. I shouldn't have to allow a pop-up to look at 
>>pictures.
>>
>>
>>Just my $.02,
>>
> Weird.  I use Firefox, and I have "block pop-ups" checked in
> Tools>Options>Content, but the site loads for me.
> -- 
> Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

I use Firefox to, it's no problem here I have no pop-ups

Andr�
-- 
Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

Works well for me too and my broadband is not very fast.

Really beautiful landscapes.

C


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> "jimkramer" <Newsreader1@NOFSPAMjlkramer.net> schreef in bericht 
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>> "Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
>> news:a75eb$48cfd10d$5ed1f0ad$19471@cache2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>>
>>> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
>>> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>>>
>>>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> andre
>>>>
>>>> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. 
>>>> Yes, I
>>>> have DSL.
>>> -- 
>>> I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes 
>>> by me. How long by you?
>>>
>>>
>>> Andre Bijkerk
>>> www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I have cable.
>>
>> 45 seconds to get to the spinning wait circle and another 15 to get to 
>> the front page.
>>
>> That's too long.
>>
>> And I hate flash sites if that matters...
>>
>> -Jim
>>
> It don't matters, its your opinion. But I have cable to and Ihave the site 
> within 4-5 seconds
>
> Andr�
> -- 
> Andre Bijkerk
> www.andrebijkerk.nl 

"Hon. Cosmo Smallpiece" <Cosmo@thepile.ie> schreef in bericht 
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> Works well for me too and my broadband is not very fast.
>
> Really beautiful landscapes.
>
> C

Thanks




> "Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
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>>
>> "jimkramer" <Newsreader1@NOFSPAMjlkramer.net> schreef in bericht 
>> news:gap2ic$7tm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> "Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
>>> news:a75eb$48cfd10d$5ed1f0ad$19471@cache2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>>>
>>>> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
>>>> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> andre
>>>>>


-- 
Andre Bijkerk
www.andrebijkerk.nl 

"Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
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>I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>
> Best regards,
> andre
>
>
> -- 
> Andre Bijkerk
> www.andrebijkerk.nl

Pretty cool site. I like the design such as the typography and the graphic 
elements.

Contrary to what everyone else says I dont think the navigation is bad at 
all. Was going to suggest moving the portfolio the the front of the list but 
actually I think it makes sense where it is.

Only thing the tabs on the right and left sides that pop up the picture, if 
you click on the picture it doesn't take you to the next one (you have to 
click the arrow) threw me off, made me think something was messed up. 

"Andre" <andrewilbijkerkgeenspam@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message 
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>
> "Russell D." <rmd@sfcn.org> schreef in bericht 
> news:6j824dF1u0enU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Andre wrote:
>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> andre
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Just my opinion-I don't like flash web sites. I hate web sites that
>> force music on me. I never made it to the photos.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Russell
>
> -- 
> The music is off
> I like flash web sites, and indeed that is very subjective
>
>
> Andre Bijkerk
> www.andrebijkerk.nl

Yep to be honest I see a spinning "Loading" symbol on a web site and I 
immediately click away, I couldn't be bothered because there are so few good 
flash web sites out there that its not worth the effort waiting for a poorly 
designed and often poorly implemented site from loading, and I'm on a 24 Mb 
ADSL 2 connection that's only a couple of hundred meters from the exchange, 
I regularly get 18Mbps speeds and this site still took a while to load. the 
problem is that often the creator of the site thinks its a nice fast site 
because the site is usually cached on their computer, while for the rest of 
the world it is slow because we have to pre fetch hundreds of medium to 
large image files before the page will display properly.
Get a decent html photo album template from one of the hundreds of template 
sites out there, tweak it to how you like the look with CSS and you will 
probably double your viewers in a month.

-- 
God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom?

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>>
>> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> schreef in bericht 
>> news:6j856gF1tofpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:14:04 +0200, Andre wrote:
>>>
>>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>>>
>>>>  I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> andre
>>>
>>> Could not stand to wait that long. All I saw was a rotating circle. Yes, 
>>> I
>>> have DSL.
>> -- 
>> I do not understand this, is four seconds too long? As long as it takes 
>> by me. How long by you?
>>
>>
>> Andre Bijkerk
>> www.andrebijkerk.nl
> I have cable.
>
> 45 seconds to get to the spinning wait circle and another 15 to get to the 
> front page.
>
> That's too long.
>
> And I hate flash sites if that matters...
>
> -Jim
I have cable too.  From clicking on the link in the original post to the 
Welcome page, which I think you are calling the front page, took 12 seconds, 
then an additional second to open the portfolio.

I would like to see larger photographs.  The couple I opened were quite 
good.

I'm thankful the music has been removed.  I will return to the site and 
check out the other photographs. 

Yuck!  

Worse than any music (which I never got to), this **** page resized my
browser window to full screen!  That is a sin of first magnitude and
caused me to immediately close the page and then work to restore my
browser to the size and placement that I use.

NEVER resize your audience website unless it is absolutely necessary and
appropriate -- and it is NEVER appropriate on a personal photo site!

-- 
- Burt Johnson
  MindStorm, Inc.
  http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html

MindBrain wrote:
> Andre wrote: 
> 
>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
> 
> Pretty cool site. I like the design such as the typography and the graphic 
> elements.
> 
> Contrary to what everyone else says I dont think the navigation is bad at 
> all. Was going to suggest moving the portfolio the the front of the list but 
> actually I think it makes sense where it is.
> 
> Only thing the tabs on the right and left sides that pop up the picture, if 
> you click on the picture it doesn't take you to the next one (you have to 
> click the arrow) threw me off, made me think something was messed up. 

I like the look OK but it loads way too slow. Make the photo on the 
welcome page into a link to the portfolio, or just land on the portfolio 
& make the welcome page an 'about' page.

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Burt Johnson wrote:
> Yuck!  
> 
> Worse than any music (which I never got to), this **** page resized my
> browser window to full screen!  That is a sin of first magnitude and
> caused me to immediately close the page and then work to restore my
> browser to the size and placement that I use.
> 
> NEVER resize your audience website unless it is absolutely necessary and
> appropriate -- and it is NEVER appropriate on a personal photo site!


-- 

Yes, that's a HUGE no-no... don't EVER do that!
...unless you are trying to get people trapped in a bunch of porn popup 
windows :-)

I clicked your link.  A new browser window opened. A brief pause, and "You 
need to update your flash...."  No I don't. I don't need flash to see 
photographs. Clicked red "X" and closed browser. End.


"Paul Furman" <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote in message 
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> MindBrain wrote:
>> Andre wrote:
>>> I updated my website http://www.andrebijkerk.nl
>>> I will appreciate if you visit the site and  leave your comments.
>>
>> Pretty cool site. I like the design such as the typography and the 
>> graphic elements.
>>
>> Contrary to what everyone else says I dont think the navigation is bad at 
>> all. Was going to suggest moving the portfolio the the front of the list 
>> but actually I think it makes sense where it is.
>>
>> Only thing the tabs on the right and left sides that pop up the picture, 
>> if you click on the picture it doesn't take you to the next one (you have 
>> to click the arrow) threw me off, made me think something was messed up.
>
> I like the look OK but it loads way too slow. Make the photo on the 
> welcome page into a link to the portfolio, or just land on the portfolio & 
> make the welcome page an 'about' page.
>
> -- 
> When you reply below the signature delimiter "-- " most news readers 
> should shade this text gray and delete it in the quoteback.